By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer The polarizing politics of climate change have forced companies to choose between supporting the Trump administration’s deregulation policies that could boost profits or opposing them to win over environmentally conscious consumers. That dynamic played out again Thursday when President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency sought to revoke regulations on […]
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Japanese envoy says climate change center in Samoa could benefit the region
Japanese Assistant Secretary and International Press Division Director Naoaki Kamoshida told the Times that although the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) that is supported by Japan and New Zealand is built in Samoa, it could benefit the whole region. Kamoshida said that the PCCC will serve as a regional center for climate change and disaster […]
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New UN warming report sees hungry future that can be avoided
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the ground, climate change is hitting us where it counts: the stomach — not to mention the forests, plants and animals. A new United Nations scientific report examines how global warming and land interact in a vicious cycle. Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the land, while the way people use […]
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Australia’s lax climate policy poses challenge on small island nations’ pleas for global action
Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. feared small island developing states’ pleas for global climate action might be drowned out by Australia’s lax climate policy. Remengesau told the media on Wednesday, July 31, that if Australia, being situated in the midst of the Pacific, does not take the lead in curbing climate change then it would […]
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Climate crisis already causing deaths and childhood stunting, report reveals
MELBOURNE, 01 AUGUST 2019 (THE GUARDIAN) — Climate change is “absolutely” already causing deaths, according to a new report on the health impacts of the climate crisis, which also predicts climate-related stunting, malnutrition and lower IQ in children within the coming decades. The report, From Townsville to Tuvalu, produced by Monash University in Melbourne, pulled […]
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Australian climate change policies face growing criticism from Pacific leaders
NADI, 31 JULY 2019 (ABC)—Pacific nations have formally called on Australia to stop using carry-over credits to meet climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement. In a clear rebuff to recent Australian comments, Pacific leaders meeting in Fiji Tuesday signed the Nadi Bay Declaration, which calls on countries to “refrain from using carry-over credits as […]